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Conference Overview

Important Dates/Contact Info.

Conference Organizers

Conference Themes

Refereed papers

Invited Talks

Tutorials, WIPs, and BOFs

Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities

Call for Papers in PDF Format

The conference covers all facets of the practice and theory of system and network administration. Potential topics for refereed papers, invited talks, and panels include:

Technologies

• Innovative system administration tools and techniques
• Distributed or automated system administration
• Administering high availability systems
• Disaster recovery systems
• Scalability approaches
• Enterprise computing infrastructure
• Host and network security
• Applications of tools and techniques from other disciplines
• New challenges and integration of emerging technologies

Theory and Practice of System Administration

• Methodology, paradigms, and models for system administration
• Analysis of "best practices" in systems administration
• Analysis and comparison of alternatives for accomplishing tasks
• Case studies and lessons learned
• Metrics and benchmarks for systems administration
• Performance analysis and monitoring
• Budgeting, cost analyses, and project planning/management techniques for systems administration.

Human factors

• Management issues and strategies
• User and administrator psychology
• Helpdesk and user support strategies
• The system administrator's role in the organization
• Policy issues
• Collaboration with other kinds of administrators
• Politics of system administration
• The effect of organizational maturity

Education and Knowledge

• University teaching programs
• Educational technologies for system and network administration
• Training techniques for system administration
• Web resources and knowledge bases
• Standards and certifications

It is generally agreed that one cannot describe a truly revolutionary idea without breaking away from the expected. If your topic is relevant to system administrators but is not listed, please submit an abstract anyway. If there is any question as to whether your topic will "fit", please contact the Program Chair by email to: lisa02chair@usenix.org.

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